15 million UAH are provided for the payments of the cattle delivery to the processing enterprises subsidies in 2013
This year the State will pay compensations for the supplied cattle and pigs to the processing enterprises. It is planned to direct 15 million UAH to provide this programme measures in the first part of this year. Thus, the State will stimulate supplies of cattle to the processing enterprises by farms units. This was announced by Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, the Minister of the Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
«This year we start to pay subsidies to the cooperatives members and the farmers for the supplied cattle and pigs to the processing enterprises. In particular, since January 1, 2013 they receive 2.50 UAH per kg for the cattle weighing over 330 kg. And for pigs they get 1 UAH and 1.50 UAH, depending on the total weight of the animals», Mykola Prysyazhnyuk mentioned.
So, the cattle must have at least 330 kg of live weight at the moment of supply to the slaughter. For example, the farmer will receive a compensation of 1.000 UAH for the sold bull weighing 400 kilos and 172 UAH for the sold pigs weighing 115 kg.
The Minister has informed that 15 million UAH of the compensations may be allocated in the first part of this year. He has stressed that this program will stimulate the increase of livestock supplies to the processing enterprises.
«I want to emphasize that farmers support will take place in two ways: for the young cattle keep (1000 UAH per a head since last year) and for the young cattle supply to the processing enterprises. Such forms of support will allow obtaining maximum results and motivating farm owners to be engaged in meat and dairy cattle», Mykola Prysyazhnyuk emphasized.